CSS Alabama Cannon at Museum of Mobile-- Part 1

From the June 17th Suite 101 by Kathy Warnes.

This year marks the 146th anniversary of the sinking of the raider CSS Alabama. A black, ten-foot long, two and a half ton cannon from the vessel has been unveiled at the Museum of Mobile in Alabama. It is one of three of the six total cannons of that size that have been recovered from the wreck.

It is slated to be the central exhibit in a 700 square foot room dedicated to the CSS Alabama that will open later this summer.

One of the other two cannons is at the Navy Yard in Washington, DC, and the other is in Charleston, SC.

French and American divers recovered it in 2003. Since then, it has been at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in Charleston, SC, being preserved.

More to Come. --Old B-Runner